Georgia toxics release inventory report, 2001 [Feb. 2003]

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division 1152 Floyd Tower East 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Georgia Toxics Release Inventory Report
2001

GEORGIA'S TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY REPORT
Reporting Year 2001
February 2003 Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

TRI


What is TRI?

Reports under Section 313 must be submitted annually to EPA and to designated state agencies. Reports are due by July 1 of each year and cover activities at the facility during the previous calendar year.

U nder Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA), facilities are required to report releases and other waste management of specifically listed chemicals. They are also required to report

transfers of all toxic chemicals for waste management

REQUIREMENTS

to off-site locations.

) 10 or greater employees

) Primary SIC code is listed ) Manufactured, processed, or

Facilities that met all three of the adjacent criteria are subject to EPCRA Section 313 release and other waste management reporting.

otherwise used, during the year,

any listed toxic chemical in

quantities greater than the set Georgia Emergency Response

threshold ) Products used for janitorial or

Commission

maintenance purposes, motor vehicle maintenance, or laboratories are exempt

The Georgia Emergency Response Commission receives the toxic release information from facilities within Georgia. The Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources

(DNR) is designated as the state agency to manage this information and to serve as its

repository.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

What is reported?

Every year since 1988, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has

The quantities released are only

compiled information about the presence and release of toxic chemicals in communities within Georgia. This Toxics Release

estimates of amounts Inventory Report is intended to inform the public about the

released.

presence of such releases in their community and to allow better

response should a chemical accident occur.

Facilities must file for each listed chemical that is manufactured, processed or otherwise used above the threshold limits in a calendar year. The facility must report information such as:

Physical address of the facility

Contact person for questions on the reported information

On-site uses of the chemicals documented in the report

Maximum quantities on-site

Estimated amounts released to the environment

Accidental release quantities, or one time events not associated with
production events

Quantities of chemicals transferred off-site for recycling, energy recovery,
treatment, or disposal

Source reduction activities

Quantities of chemicals treated or recycled on-site

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Data collection

)

Facilities are not required to monitor, or make additional measurements to determine the actual amounts released. The facility is only required to base the reports on measurements and monitoring data if they are available. The facility may estimate based upon engineering calculations, mass balance, or emission factors provided by their equipment manufacturer.

The data provide a general indication of the types and quantities of chemicals released by manufacturing facilities. The data cannot be used to make conclusions on environmental quality or public health threats, since they do not provide a measurement of concentrations in the environment. Most of the releases reported are regulated by restrictions placed in permits issued by EPD. Releases are allowed only in a concentration and manner which will not degrade the environment.

How TRI information is used
The information within the TRI Report bridges communication between facilities and the surrounding community. Public interest and environmental groups, news media, community organizations, educators, researchers, industry, consultants, students, local governments, and private citizens have all made use of the information extracted from the TRI Report.
Facilities extract data to improve their own processes that may be inefficient or costly, in terms of the losses they encounter, as well as in waste handling and disposal.
EPD encourages citizens to review the data and research the facilities that share their community. A county-by-county spreadsheet is provided within this report which lists all reporting facilities as well as a summary of the reported data. If your county is not listed on the spreadsheet, no facilities reported information to EPD in your county.

Data limitations
Numerous sources are not required to report under Section 313, such as nonmanufacturing industries, small businesses, motor vehicles, and agricultural operations.
The reader must consider that the TRI Report does not indicate exposure, and cannot be used to determine the impact on public health. Toxicity, local meteorology, proximity to the release, as well as the release rate can all affect potential exposure dangers. A small release of a highly toxic chemical poses a greater risk than a large release of a less toxic chemical.
The reader may wish to discuss any concerns with the facility or with the Local Emergency Planning Committee if further information is desired.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

TRI


Toxic Release Data

To achieve the total in the right column, add the totals for air, water, land, POTW, and non-production releases.
T he reader will notice that transfers are not included in this table. Further discussion of transfers is found later in this Report.
The quantities listed within this table are reported in pounds. The only exception is for dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals. Further information on these chemicals can be found later in this report.

Year 1998

Fugitive Air
6,358,262

Stack Air Total Air 86,123,795 92,482,051

Water 6,421,433

1999 6,536,584 95,633,701 102,170,285 7,438,035

2000 7,698,923 85,650,147 93,349,070 6,315,609

2001 7,459,746 85,089,613 92,549,359 7,641,492
Table. Reported Releases 1998 to 2001

Land
12,796,367 12,626,459 13,032,680 12,399,699

POTW
3,150,320 3,952,053 3,027,206 4,563,903

NonProd 68,026
755,872
197,425
631,414

Totals (Pounds) 114,918,197
126,942,704
116,924,970
117,785,867

EPD received reports from 765 facilities, covering releases that occurred in 2001. In 1999, there were 729 facilities, and in 2000, there were 616 facilities reporting.

Changes from 2000 Data
EPA has not made any changes to the reporting requirements over the past year.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Air Release Data



All releases to the air must be classified as either stack or fugitive emissions, and both are included in the total quantity reported for these releases. The top ten facilities for total air releases are listed in the following table.

Facility
Bowen Steam Electric Scherer Steam Electric Wansley Steam Electric Branch Steam Electric Inland Paperboard McDonough/Atkinson Engelhard Corporation Yates Steam Electric Great Southern Paper International Paper Savannah

County
Bartow Monroe Heard Putnam Floyd Cobb Decatur Coweta
Early Chatham

Air Total (Pounds) 16,441,623 8,389,942 7,365,690 6,808,464 3,553,932 3,276,923 2,818,143 2,811,851 2,583,346 2,557,028

Table Top Ten Facilities Total Air Releases 2001

Fugitive Air Emissions
Fugitive air emissions include equipment leaks from valves, pump seals, flanges, compressors, sampling connections, and open-ended lines. It should also include evaporative losses from surface impoundments and spills, as well as releases from ventilation systems. The top ten facilities for fugitive air emissions, as well as the chemicals emitted are listed in the following table.

Facility

County

Chemical Name

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

Methanol

Quebecor

Columbia Toluene

International Paper Savannah Chatham

Methanol

Hercules Inc Brunswick

Glynn

Methyl isobutyl ketone

Rheem Mfg

Baldwin

Chlorodifluoromethane

Carolina Skiff

Ware

Styrene

Riverwood Intl

Bibb

Ammonia

PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer

Richmond Ammonia

DSM Chemicals N A

Richmond Toluene

Quebecor

Columbia Zinc Compounds

Table Top Ten Facilities Fugitive Air Emissions 2001

Fugitive Air (Pounds) 920,000 738,842 551,790 332,580 308,858 247,496 210,000 142,000 118,310 100,685

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Stack Air Emissions

Releases to the air that occur through stacks, confined vents, ducts, pipes, or other

A facility may be listed more than once if they

confined air streams, as well as storage tank emissions are considered stack air emissions. An example would be the

report more than one emissions from air pollution control equipment. The top ten

chemical.

facilities for stack air emissions as well as the chemicals emitted

are listed in the following table.

Facility

County

Chemical Name

Bowen Steam Electric

Bartow

Hydrochloric Acid

Scherer Steam Electric

Monroe

Hydrochloric Acid

Wansley Steam Electric

Heard

Hydrochloric Acid

Branch Steam Electric

Putnam

Hydrochloric Acid

McDonough/Atkinson

Cobb

Hydrochloric Acid

Engelhard Corporation

Decatur

Ammonia

Yates Steam Electric

Coweta

Hydrochloric Acid

Great Southern Paper

Early

Methanol

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

Methanol

Hammond Steam Electric Floyd

Hydrochloric

Table Top Ten Facilities Stack Air Emissions 2001

Stack Air (Pounds) 14,061,582 7,333,939 6,130,444 5,905,055 2,858,873 2,818,143 2,193,977 1,900,000 1,600,000 1,589,518

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Water Release Data

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Data includes process outfalls from pipes and open trenches, onsite waste water treatment systems, as well as stormwater runoff. POTW discharges are included in another section of this report.
You may be interested in the body of water into which the

release flows. The receiving stream or water body is reported as it

appears on the facility's NPDES permit, or if unnamed, the first

named body of water is noted.

Facility

County

Waterway affected

DSM Chemicals N.A. Inc. Richmond

Savannah River

Engelhard Corporation Decatur

Bon L Mfg Co

Coweta

Little Attapulgus Creek
Tributary 16 to Mineral Springs Branch

Engelhard Savannah

Chatham

Savannah River

Miller Brewing

Dougherty Flint River

Georgia Tubing

Early

Chatahoochee River

EMD Chemicals

Chatham

Savannah River

PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Richmond

Savannah River

International Paper

Richmond

Savannah River

Rayonier Perf Fibers Jesup Wayne

Altamaha River

Table Top Ten Facilites Water Releases 2001

Total Water (Pounds) 2,310,677 1,302,343
620,024 377,900 341,027 278,012 266,346 230,008 229,310 217,622

Although it seems the Savannah River is a major receiver of toxic chemicals, all facilities that release to water are required by EPD to maintain a permit to do so. The permit issued to a facility limits releases to levels that do not impair the quality of the receiving waters.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Facility

County

Chemical Released

Waterway affected

DSM Chemicals N.A. Inc. Richmond

Nitrate Compounds

Savannah River

Engelhard Savannah Bon L Mfg Co

Decatur Coweta

Nitrate Compounds Nitrate Compounds

Little Attapulgus
Tributary 16 to Mineral Springs Branch

Engelhard Savannah

Chatham

Nitrate Compounds

Savannah

Miller Brewing

Dougherty Nitrate Compounds

Flint River

Georgia Tubing

Early

Nitrate Compounds

Chatahoochee River

EMD Chemicals

Chatham

Nitrate Compounds

Savannah River

PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Richmond

Nitrate Compounds

Savannah River

International Paper

Richmond

Manganese Compounds

Savannah River

Willamette

Chatham

Nitrate Compounds

Savannah River

Table Top Ten Single Chemical Releases per Facility to Water 2001

Total Water (Pounds) 2,290,683 1,293,232
620,000 372,000 336,600 277,747 266,346 162,236 136,000 120,836

As shown in the above table, the major reported release to water is nitrate compounds. Neither the federal government nor the State of Georgia has established a standard for nitrates in rivers and lakes.

The main concern about nitrate is in drinking water. The drinking water standard is 10 mg/l. All of Georgia's public drinking water systems have nitrate concentrations well below this level and are not impaired by nitrates.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Land Release Data
3 The five subcategories for land releases include RCRA landfills, landfills other than RCRA, land treatment or farming, surface impoundments, and other when the release does not fit the other four categories. These categories do not include land disposal offsite.

The tables below indicate the top ten releases to land reported for 2001.

Facility

County

Total Land (Pounds)

Scherer Steam Electric Monroe

3,381,131

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

1,873,809

Branch Steam Electric Putnam

1,463,362

Bowen Steam Electric

Bartow

1,321,152

Hammond Steam Electric Floyd

827,043

Great Southern Paper

Early

313,076

McDonough / Atkinson Cobb

312,633

Kerr-McGee Pigments Chatham

262,844

Ft Benning Range Facility Muscogee

250,755

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

184,687

Top Ten Totals for Land Releases 2001

Facility

County Chemical Name

Total Land (Pounds)

Scherer Steam Electric Monroe Barium Compounds

2,142,398

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

Barium Compounds

791,349

Branch Steam Electric Putnam Barium Compounds

720,744

Bowen Steam Electric

Bartow Barium Compounds

501,895

Hammond Steam Electric Floyd

Barium Compounds

351,168

Scherer Steam Electric Monroe Vanadium Compounds

284,433

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

Vanadium Compounds

226,416

Kerr-McGee Pigments Chatham Chromium Compounds

226,000

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

Manganese Compounds

215,620

Great Southern Paper

Early

Manganese Compounds

200,000

Table Top Ten Single Chemical Releases per Facility to Land for 2001

The reader will notice that facilities are listed more than once in the above table due to multiple chemical reporting.

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POTW Releases


waters.

POTW refers to discharges made to Publicly Owned Treatment Works. The more familiar name for these facilities is public sewage treatment plants. Chemicals are conveyed through underground sewage pipes along with the facility's wastewater. They may also be trucked or delivered through other direct methods. Depending upon the chemical, the POTW may be able to remove up to 99% of the chemical in the waste stream. The effluent is then either land applied or released in concentrations that do not affect the surface

Facility

County

Saft America Inc

Lowndes

Nutrasweet Company Richmond

Equity Group

Mitchell

Intercat-Savannah

Chatham

Siemens Energy & Auto DeKalb

Chem-Tech Finishers Whitfield

GM MLCG Doraville Dekalb

Ford Motor Company Fulton

Pratt & Whitney

Muscogee

Photocircuits Corp Fayette

POTW Totals (Pounds) 1,163,111 490,000 423,600 422,392 296,400 229,700 124,520 96,479 87,747 85,855

Table Top Ten Facilities for POTW Releases 2001

Facility Saft America Inc Nutrasweet Company Intercat-Savannah Equity Group Siemens Energy & Auto Chem-Tech Finishers GM MLCG Doraville Vulcan Perf-Smyrna YKK USA Ford Motor Company

County Lowndes Richmond Chatham Mitchell DeKalb Whitfield DeKalb Cobb Bibb Fulton

Chemical Name Nitrate Compounds Methanol Nitrate Compounds Nitrate Compounds Nitrate Compounds Biphenyl Nitrate Compounds Formaldehyde Ethylene Glycol Certain Glycol Ethers

POTW Totals (Pounds) 1,163,103 470,000 422,392 415,000 250,000 215,400 87,000 81,632 80,000 67,000

Table Top Ten Chemical Releases per Facility to a POTW 2001

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Transfers Data
r Transfers are shipments of waste to treatment or disposal facilities for the purpose of disposal, treatment, energy recovery, or recycling. The chemical may be deposited directly into a landfill, or treated to reduce its toxicity before release to the environment.

For the 2001 TRI Report, EPD has separated these categories into two sections. All facilities reporting chemicals disposed are put into one section, and the remaining three categories (treatment, recovery, and recycling) are put into another section, called recycling.

The reader will notice that the transfers category was left out of the Total Releases Table at the beginning of this report. You will find the data for the years 1998-2001 below.

Year Transfers for Disposal (Pounds)

1998

6,508,104

1999

6,379,520

2000

8,830716

2001

3,719,037

Table Transfers for Disposal 2001

The reader will notice six different tables included with the 2001 TRI Report. The first two tables may list a facility numerous times, due to multiple events or transfers, even if the chemical is the same.

Facility

County

Chemical Name

Transfers (Disposal) (Pounds)

Southwire Company

Carroll

Copper Compounds

401,452

Pratt & Whitney

Muscogee Nickel Compounds

334,331

Piedmont Lab
International Paper Savannah

Hall Chatham

Methanol Manganese Compounds

297,709 266,840

Arch Wood Protection DeKalb

Arsenic Compounds

225,387

Matsushita Battery

Muscogee Manganese Compounds

154,300

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

Ammonia

130,000

Duracell
International Paper Savannah

Troup Chatham

Manganese Compounds Zinc Compounds

125,682 89,080

Certainteed Corp

Clarke

Chromium Compounds

82,180

Table Top Ten Single Chemical Transfers (Disposal) 2001

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Facility

County

Chemical Name

Transfers (Recycle) (Pounds)

Merck & Co

Dougherty Methanol

4,050,000

Ameristeel Cartersville Div Bartow

Zinc Compounds

3,602,443

YKK

Bibb

Copper Compounds

3,455,000

Exide Technologies

Muscogee Lead Compounds

3,186,161

C & D Technologies

Rockdale

Lead Compounds

2,637,080

Merck & Co

Dougherty n-Hexane

1,350,400

YKK USA

Bibb

Ethylene glycol

1,307,890

Trojan Battery

DeKalb

Lead Compounds

1,271,571

G.D. Searle LLC

Richmond Methanol

863,000

Raven Wire & Cable

Carroll

Copper Compounds

809,149

Table Top Ten Single Chemical Transfers (Recycle) 2001

The following two tables combine all transfer events for the facility. A facility will not be listed more than once. If the reader identifies such an event, it is because two separate facilities of the same name reported transfers to EPD.

Facility
International Paper Savannah

County Chatham

Transfers (Disposal) (Pounds)
455,935

Southwire Company

Carroll

436,178

Pratt & Whitney

Muscogee

345,188

Arch Wood Protection DeKalb

302,218

Piedmont Lab

Hall

297,709

Matsushita Battery

Muscogee

154,300

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

146,624

Duracell

Troup

128,652

Certainteed Corp

Clarke

83,847

Cooper Tire

Dougherty

69,676

Top Ten Facilities Transfers (Disposal) 2001

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Facility

County

Transfers (Recycle) (Pounds)

Merck & Co. Inc

Dougherty

6,067,716

Ameristeel Cartersville Div Bartow

4,120,167

YKK

Bibb

3,461,399

Exide Technologies

Muscogee

3,186,161

C & D Technologies Inc. Rockdale

2,637,080

YKK USA

Bibb

1,377,890

Trojan Battery

DeKalb

1,296,006

Rheem Mfg

Baldwin

1,287,503

G.D. Searle LLC

Richmond

1,196,814

Patterson Pump

Stevens

1,025,361

Top Ten Facilities Transfers (Recycle) 2001

The following two tables list the top ten chemicals reported as transferred for 2001.

Chemical Name

Transfers (Disposal) (Pounds)

Manganese Compounds

608,898

Copper Compounds

529,911

Zinc Compounds

468,970

Nickel Compounds

377,993

Chromium Compounds

342,844

Methanol

300,869

Arsenic Compounds

237,512

Ammonia

155,828

Barium Compounds

135,405

Lead Compounds

119,156

Table Top Ten Chemicals Transfers (Disposal) 2001

Chemical Name

Transfers (Recycle) (Pounds)

Copper Compounds

8,359,563

Lead Compounds

8,262,725

Zinc Compounds

5,669,478

Methanol

5,596,581

Xylene

3,085,715

Nickel Compounds

1,943,239

Toluene

1,863,716

Ethylene Glycol

1,730,984

n-Hexane

1,598,956

Methyl Ethyl Ketone

1,587,400

Table Top Ten Chemicals Transfers (Recycle) 2001

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Accidental Release Data
This category in the Georgia TRI Report shows accidental release
S information. This quantity is typically the result of a direct release to the environment as a one-time event that is not associated with a production process. They can include accidental spills or remedial actions not addressed elsewhere in the report. They may also be associated with a catastrophic event, such as a fire, flood, or tornado.

EPD finds this category to be most interesting to the reader, as these releases are not permitted discharges. EPD has included the entire list of reported releases for this category for the benefit of the reader.

Facility Wika Instrument Arch Wood Protection Arch Wood Protection PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Shorewood Packaging Wika Instrument DSM Chemicals NA PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Whitaker Oil Atco Rubber Prod Delphi Energy Filet of Chicken Miller Brewing Boral Bricks Engelhard Attapulgus Whitaker Oil Whitaker Oil Whitaker Oil Townsend Bombing Range Southwire Company Austral Von Roll Isola East Griffin LLC Georgia Proteins Whitaker Oil Co. Whitaker Oil Co. J M Huber Miller Brewing Savannah Marble Company Whitaker Oil

County Gwinnett DeKalb Dekalb Richmond Troup Gwinnett Richmond Richmond Fulton Bartow Ben Hill Clayton Dougherty Richmond Decatur Fulton Fulton Fulton McIntosh Carroll Douglas Lowndes Forsyth Fulton Fulton Jackson Dougherty Chatham Fulton

Chemical Name

Releases (Pounds)

Copper Compounds

263,000

Arsenic Compounds

209,422

Chromium Compounds 53,232

Nitrate Compounds

42,404

Certain Glycol Ethers

10,631

Chromium Compounds 8,167

Cyclohexane

5,683

Ammonia

4,082

n-Hexane

3,903

Antimony Compounds

2,525

Lead Compounds

2,200

Ammonia

2,000

Ammonia

2,000

Manganese Compounds 1,900

Nitrate Compounds

1,816

Toluene

1.778

Methyl Ethyl Ketone

1,740

Methanol

1,738

Lead Compounds

1,614

Copper Compounds

1,500

n-Methyl-2-pyrolidone

1,450

Chlorothalonil

880

Ammonia

822

Xylene

745

Trichloroethylene

666

Lead Compounds

610

Ammonia

530

Styrene

500

Methyl Isobutyl Ketone

356

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Durango-Ga Paper Co
Atco Rubber Prod Southwire Company Omnova Solutions Bondo Corporation Merck & Co Oldcastle Glass Vulcan Perf Dalton Plt GM MLCG Doraville Miller Brewing Merck & Co Merck & Co Engelhard Attapulgus Temple Forest Prods Whitaker Oil Rayonier Perf Fibers Jesup Honeywell International H B Fuller Co Solvay Advanced Polymers Merck & Co Temple Forest Prods Durango-Ga Paper Co Perimeter Terminal Perimeter Terminal Intl Flavors & Frag Wayne Farms DQH III Rayonier Perf Fibers Jesup Merck & Co Miller Brewing Polo Metal Fab International Paper Meldrim Robins AFB Perimeter Terminal Delphi Energy Toppan Interamerica Perimeter Terminal William C. Meredith Perimeter Terminal Perimeter Terminal Chemcentral
Merck & Co Chevron Products Co

Camden
Bartow Carroll Gordon Fulton Dougherty DeKalb Whitfield DeKalb Dougherty Dougherty Dougherty Decatur McDuffie Fulton Wayne Elbert Newton Richmond Dougherty McDuffie Camden Fulton Fulton Richmond Coffee Wayne Dougherty Dougherty Cobb Effingham Houston Fulton Ben Hill Henry Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Gwinnett
Dougherty DeKalb

Methanol Decabromodiphenyl Oxide Lead Compounds 1,3-Butadiene Styrene Ethylene Glycol Xylene Ammonia Benzene Ammonia Ammonia Cyclohexane Ammonia Formaldehyde Ethylene Glycol Chlorine Dioxide Manganese Compounds Styrene Chlorobenzene Methanol Methanol Chlorine Dioxide Toluene Xylene Acetaldehyde Ammonia Chlorine n-Hexane Ammonia Aluminum Lead Compounds Phenol 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene Antimony Compounds Ammonia Ethylbenzene Dioxin & dioxin like Benzene n-Hexane Methyl Ethyl Ketone N,ndimethylformamide Toluene

335
300 260 226 160 140 124 112 110 75 66 61 60 60 58 51 50 50 40 30 30 28 24 24 20 20 20 17 12 10 10 9 8 6 5 5 3.5643* 3 3 2
2 2

15

Chevron Products Co

DeKalb

Xylene

2

SP Newsprint

Laurens

Dioxin & dioxin like

1.01*

Chevron Products Co

DeKalb

1,2,4-trimethylbenzene

1

Polo Metal Fab

Cobb

Copper Compounds

1

Merck & Co

Dougherty Methyl iodide

1

Robins AFB

Houston

Tetrachloroethylene

1

Alcan Aluminum Corp

Greene

Dioxin & Dioxin like

.562*

International Paper

Richmond Dioxin & Dioxin like

.5*

Table Releases not Associated with Production 2001

*The unit for dioxin and dioxin-like compounds is grams.

PBT Chemicals Data
As mentioned previously in this report, changes have been made to the thresholds for persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals or compounds, (PBT's). Mercury compounds, dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC's) are included in this list.

These chemicals may be carcinogenic, but the most important characteristic of PBT's is that they remain in the body of the person injesting them. For example if a shrimp absorbed such a chemical, and a fish ate the shrimp, and then a bigger fish ate that fish. And if eventually a person ate that fish, he would gain the chemical from all the animals, right down to
the first shrimp.

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds
has its own table because the quantities are listed in grams. New software allows EPD to list less than a gram for the 2001 data.

Mercury and PAC's are reported in pounds. The unit for dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals is in grams, due to the lower threshold requirement. All releases including these chemicals are listed in the following table with the exception of accidental releases, which are noted in the previous table.

Facility

County

Akzo Nobel Resins Inc Appling

Alcan Aluminum Corp

Greene

Archer Daniels Midland Co Lowndes

Babb Lumber Co.

Catoosa

Chemical
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds

Fugitive

Total

Air Stack Air Water

(Grams) (Grams) (Grams)

0

.15

0

0

.008

0

0

.7301

0

0

.64104

0

Waterway Impacted

Total Land (Grams)
0
0
0
0

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Bon L Mfg Co Bowen Steam Electric Branch Steam Electric Cemex, Inc. Durango-Ga Paper Co Fort James Savannah River Fort Stewart Georgia Pacific Brunswick Georgia Pacific Madison Georgia Pacific Plywood Georgia Pacific Warm Springs Great Southern Paper Hammond Steam Electric Hercules Inc Brunswick Inland Paperboard International Paper International Paper Savannah Interstate Paper J M Huber Kerr McGee Pigments LaFarge Building Mat Langboard MDF Langboard OSB McDonough/Atkinson Packaging Corp of America PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Plant Kraft Procter & Gamble Paper Rayonier Perf Fibers Jesup Riverwood Intl Scherer Steam Electric

Coweta Bartow Putnam Houston Camden Effingham Liberty Glynn Morgan Jasper Meriwether Early Floyd Glynn Floyd Richmond Chatham Liberty Jackson Chatham Fulton Atkinson Quitman Cobb Lowndes Richmond Chatham Dougherty Wayne Bibb Monroe

Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds

Southwire Company

Carroll

Dioxin and dioxin-like

.021

.082

0

0

0

1.388

0

0

0

.5632

0

0

0

.187

0

0

.022

.9391

4.2159 North River

0

0

.52884

0

0

0

.59

0

0

0

1.9638 .2083 Turtle River

0

0

.16172

0

0

0

.177

0

0

0

.203

0

0

0

1.34

0

.58

0

.3131

0

0

0

.297

0

0

0

1.8

0

.5

0

2.7745

0

0

0

1.4146

0

0

0 .4994289

0

.990099

0

.61

0

0

0

.304

.4694 Savannah River 322.0802

0

.13

0

0

0

1.06

0

0

0

.67

0

0

0

.202

0

0

0

.59

0

0

0

0

2.97 Savannah River

0

0

.1039

0

0

.003636 .0168325

0

0

0

.5737

0

.7588

0

.865

0

0

0

1.413

0

0

0 11.00396

0

0

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SP Newsprint

Laurens

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

Weyerhaeuser

Macon

Willamette

Chatham

William C. Meredity

Fulton

Yates Steam Electric

Coweta

Table Dioxin Releases 2001

Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds
Dioxin and dioxin-like Compounds

0

.2067

0

0

0

.7612

0

0

0

.7501

.0005 Flint River

0

0

.6466

0

0

Tributary to S.

0

0

1.03 Utoy Creek

0

0

.4212

0

0

Facility

County

Chemical

Fugitive

Total

Air Stack Air Water

(Pounds) (Pounds) (Pounds)

Waterway Impacted

Total Land (Pounds)

Ameristeel Cartersville Div Bartow

Mercury Compounds

.2

.49

0

0

Arkwright Steam Electric Bibb

Mercury Compounds

0

15.7

0

4.1

Bowen Steam Electric

Bartow

Mercury Compounds

0

659

0

163.8

Branch Steam Electric

Putnam Mercury Compounds

0

265.3

0

136.6

Brown & Williamson

Bibb

Mercury Compounds

0

11

0

0

Caraustar Mill Grp

Cobb

Mercury Compounds

0

27

0

0

Cemex, Inc.

Houston Mercury Compounds

0

16.904

0

0

Durango-Ga Paper Co

Camden Mercury Compounds

0

32

1.03 North River

0

Fort James Savannah River Effingham Mercury Compounds

0

14.6831 .222 Savannah River

0

Great Southern Paper

Early

Mercury Compounds

0

51

0

8

Hammond Steam Electric Floyd

Mercury Compounds

0

89.3

0

45.9

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

Mercury Compounds

0

80

.6 Coosa River

28

International Paper
International Paper Savannah

Richmond Mercury Compounds Chatham Mercury Compounds

0

39.5

1.8 Savannah River

6

0

28.9

0

0

LaFarge Building Mat

Fulton

Mercury Compounds

0

14

0

0

McDonough Atkinson

Steam

Cobb

Mercury Compounds

0

74

0

48.7

Miller Brewing

Dougherty Mercury Compounds

0

2.7

0

0

Mitchell Steam Supply

Dougherty Mercury Compounds

0

19.3

0

5.7

Olin Corp

Richmond Mercury Compounds

608

158

7.42 Savannah River

0

Plant Kraft

Chatham Mercury Compounds

0

33.7

0

14.4

Plant McIntosh

Effingham Mercury Compounds

0

47.1

0

3.5

Procter & Gamble

Richmond Mercury Compounds

0

.001

0

Riverwood Intl

Bibb

Mercury Compounds

0

46

0

0

Scherer Steam Electric

Monroe Mercury Compounds

0

813.7

3.2 Ocmulgee River 169.3

SP Newsprint

Laurens Mercury Compounds

0

10.6866 .0539 Oconee River

7.0547

Wansley Steam Electric Heard

Mercury Compounds

0

316.6

0

150.9

Weyerhaeuser

Macon

Mercury Compound

0

2.14

.1 Flint River

0

Yates Steam Electric

Coweta Mercury Compounds

0

215.6

0

0

Anheuser-Busch Inc

Bartow

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

0

.0068

0

37.96

18

Atlantic Wood Ind. Inc. Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 1

2.4

7.8 Savannah River

0

Atlas Roofing

Henry

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds .001

.548

0

0

Building Materials Mfg

Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

4.7484

0

0

Citgo Asphalt Refining

Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0 12903.38

0

0

Collins & Aikman Floor Whitfield Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

3095

0

0

DSM Chemicals N.A.

Richmond Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

.01

0

0

Durango-Ga Paper Co

Camden Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

228700 18.3 North River

0

Galey & Lord Ind.

Floyd

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

.002

0

0

Georgia Pacific Brunswick Glynn

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

203

0

0

GMMLCG Doraville

DeKalb Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds .1

.1

0

0

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Walton

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

0

3.03

Great Southern Paper

Early

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

150

0

0

Chattahoochee

2 River

4

Inland Paperboard

Floyd

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

150

10 Coosa River

58

International Paper
International Paper Savannah

Richmond Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0 Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

272

32.1 Savannah River

14.7

181

14 Savannah River

0

J & J Industries

Whitfield Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

328

0

0

Koch Materials

Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds .06

.002

0

0

Koch Materials

Clayton Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds .06

.01

0

0

Owens Corning

Fulton

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 4

0

Owens Corning Fiberglass

Div

Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

3.3

Packaging Corp of America Lowndes Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

220

0

0

0

0

Withlacoochee

7 River

0

Plant Kraft

Chatham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

.5

0

0

Plant McIntosh

Effingham Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

.5

0

0

Procter & Gamble Paper Dougherty Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0 1.6813047 0

0

Rayonier Perf Fibers Jesup Wayne

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

180

39 Altamaha River

28

Riverwood Intl

Bibb

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

17

0

0

Tyson Foods

Macon

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

129.06

0

0

Weyerhaeuser

Macon

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 0

90.55

5.45 Flint River

0

William C. Meredith

Fulton

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds .4

3.4

0

0

Table PBT Releases 2001

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Chemical Release Data

B

The top ten chemicals released in 2001 are listed in the following table.
There has been several changes over the 2000 data. Hydrochloric Acid increased over the 2000 data but Methanol had a slight decrease over the

2000 data. Nitrate Compounds have replaced ammonia in the top three

chemicals, and had an increase of 3.7 million pounds. Ammonia only had

a slight increase. Xylene has dropped out of the top ten, and Manganese Compounds have been

introduced.

Chemical Name

Total (Pounds)

Hydrochloric Acid

44,012,812

Methanol

13,205,729

Nitrate Compounds

9,322,167

Ammonia

9,066,704

Sulfuric Acid

5,960,812

Barium Compounds

5,167,878

Hydrogen Fluoride

3,284,545

Styrene

2,810,038

Toluene

2,393,174

Manganese Compounds

1,724,200

Table Top Ten Chemicals Released 2001

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County Release Data
The following table is a county-by-county breakdown of all the facilities that submitted a Toxic Release Inventory Report to Georgia. It does not include chemical data; such a compilation would be much too vast for the scope of this report. It does include the subtotals for each category, per facility, separated by facility and county. Occasionally a facility will have more than one site within one county, if the reader sees such a case, it is not a mistake. Again, if a county is not listed within this table, no facility within that county reported TRI information to EPD.
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